Skywatch Friday: Sun sets on summer...

No-one can complain about the wonderful weather of summer 2013. I wish it wasn't fading away but I'll have to look forward to some bright autumn days with walks in the countryside and cosy nights inside with good company, good food, wine, music and good books too. Click to see this week's other Skywatch posts.

Despite some autumnal mornings and foul rain the past few days, this weekend is forecast to have some warmth, especially Sunday. In fact if there is an air frost before it gets back up to the predicted 20°C then that almost constitutes an Indian summer in its true meaning...

A weekend must see is on Saturday 21st September between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. when visitors can drop in to the Salford Working Class Movement Library to find out more about Peterloo, its origins and its aftermath. You will have the opportunity to look at Peterloo-related objects - from eye-witness accounts, to maps, cartoons, reports of trials of participants in the event, a commemorative head-scarf sold to raise money for those injured and the families of those killed. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to discuss the items and answer questions.

The showcase follows on from Library trustee Maxine Peake’s performance of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s epic poem The Masque of Anarchy, which was a highlight of Manchester’s International Festival inJuly. Masque of Anarchy was Shelley’s heartfelt response to the horrors of the massacre. Admission is free and all are welcome; light refreshments available. 51 The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WX.